title: Para-articular osteochondroma of the temporomandibular joint.
abstract: A para-articular osteochondroma is a rare osteocartilaginous tumour that arises in the soft tissue adjacent to a joint but with no attachment to the bone. To our knowledge, this is the first case of one reported in the region of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). The patient presented with severe preauricular pain caused by a para-auricular osteochondroma, which arose in the preauricular region just external to the TMJ.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Virgen del Rocio University Hospital, Seville, Spain. Electronic address: lumigon@telefonica.net.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Perez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sanchez-Gallego
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Extra-articular temporomandibular pathology; Para-articular osteochondroma; Temporomandibular joint